It runs away with a deal of money--but I don't care to do things on the cheap, not for the _Hour_, you know.

You can always be certain when I say that I have a thing from a senator that he is a senator, and not an old woman in a paper kiosque.

Most of them do that sort of thing, you know." "I always wondered," I said, mildly.
"That's de Sourdam I nodded to as we came in, and that old chap there is Pluyvis--the Affaire man, you know.

I must have a word with him in a minute, if you'll excuse me." He began to ask affectionately after the health of the excellent Fox, asked if I saw him often, and so on and so on.

I divined with amusement that was pleasurable that the little man had his own little axe to grind, and thought I might take a turn at the grindstone if he managed me well.